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:: كاتبة ألماسيّـة :: |
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته درسنا اليوم سهل وبسيط جداً هو used to Study this example situation: Khaled stopped smoking two years ago. He doesn't smoke any more But he used to smoke. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day. "He used to smoke" = he smoked regularly sometime in the past, But he doesn't smoke now. He was a smoker, But now he isn't. Past = he used to smoke Now = he doesn't smoke "Something used to happen" = something happened regularly in the past no longer happens: * I used to play tennis a lot but I don't play very often now. * Sara used to travel a lot. These days she doesn't go away so often . * "Do you go to cinema very often?" "Not no, but I used to." (= I used to go….) We also use used to… for something that was true but is not true anymore: * This building is now a furniture shop. It used to be a cinema. * I used to think he was unfriendly but now I realise he's a very nice person. * I've started drinking coffee recently. I never used to like it before. * Sara used to have very long hair when she was a child. "I used to do something" is past. There is no present form. You can't say "I use to do". To talk about the present, use the present simple (I do). Compare: Past: he used to smoke, we used to live, there used to be Present: he smokes, we live, there is * We used to live in a small village but now live in Riyadh. * There used to be four cinemas in town. Now there is only one. The normal question form is did (you) use to…?: * Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child? The negative form is didn't use to…. (used not to… is also possible) * I didn't use to like him. (or I used not to like him.) Compare I used to do and I was doing: * I used to watch TV a lot. (= I watched TV regularly in the past, but I no longer do this) * I was watching TV when the phone rang. (= I was in the middle of watching TV) Do not confuse I used to do and I am used to doing. The structures and meanings are different: * I used to live alone. (= I lived alone in the past but I no longer live alone) * I am used to living alone. (= I live alone and I don't find it strange Or new because I've been living alone for sometime) مواضيع ذات صلة |
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رد: درسنا اليوم هو used to °_°
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رد: درسنا اليوم هو used to °_°
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درسنا اليوم هو used to °_°